WordPress Bloggers Go Social with KickApps

Business Wire, Nov 19, 2007

Shared Authentication Plugin Enables Seamless Experience for Members of WordPress Blogs

NEW YORK -- KickApps, the leading on demand social media platform, today announced the availability of a Single Sign-On (SSO) plugin that enables a seamless member login experience between WordPress blogs and KickApps hosted social media sites. WordPress bloggers can now easily integrate social media experiences, such as social networking, user-generated content, programmable video players and Widgets for content syndication, to their blogs to fuel audience growth and engagement.

"As an application for self expression, blogging is a natural entry point to social media for many web publishers," said Alex Blum, CEO of KickApps. "Similar to KickApps, publishers use WordPress for the robustness the application and its ease of use. Like WordPress, the KickApps platform delivers an unmatched level of depth, flexibility and customization. With the new plugin, we're further reducing the barriers to entry for the millions of WordPress bloggers to add feature rich community functionality around their blogging community."

When publishers enable the KickApps SSO plugin between their WordPress and KickApps powered social media sites, registered members of the WordPress powered site will be auto-registered into the site's KickApps powered community during sign in, requiring no initial user import by the publisher. Once logged in and clicked through to the community site, the member is brought over to his or her profile page, where they can start uploading video, photos and audio, and manage their media.

This announcement follows KickApp's October 2007 integration with leading open source content management system, Joomla!(TM). The WordPress plugin is an expansion of KickApps' commitment to creating easy paths for community creation by web publishers of all sizes.

For more information about the plugin, visit: http://www.kickdeveloper.com/tutorials_wp_sso.html

To download the plugin, visit: http://www.kickdeveloper.com/wordpress/kickapps_wp_plugin_v1.0.zip

About KickApps

KickApps' on demand social media applications enable web publishers and marketers to quickly and easily grow, engage and monetize online audiences. Our platform features a broad spectrum of applications, including social networking, user-generated content, online video players and viral Widgets, that are tightly integrated with media and community management tools for complete control of the community. KickApps is highly customizable and flexible for seamless integration with any website using HTML, CSS, JavaScript and APIs. Customers include: ABC Family, CW Television, Scripps Network Interactive, VIBE Magazine, HBO, Cinemax, BET Networks, Cox Television, Fila, Kraft Foods, P&G, the Phoenix Suns, among many others. For more information, please visit www.kickapps.com and www.kickdeveloper.com.